"HOWEVER: If you're an adult and you're accepting super-powered folk running around in their underwear as serious literature...well, there's something really weird about that."

HA HA, Hemlockman you hit the nail on the head!The same thing applys to all those creepy middle aged weirdos who stand in line at barnes and noble at midnight with a hard on waiting for the newest harry potter book.and of course all those adults who argue the philosophical aspects or Star Wars when its all just made up bullshit.

Thank God for hand-me-downs. I was lucky enough to have some things like this interspersed with my playthings. I particularly remember a set of these which are probably now all torn to heck by my siblings. I had some newer stuff too, but the older more cartoony stuff was always my favorite.

BTW, that cartoon project I posted a while back is a finalist in the contest. (It's the third one)

Guy: Well, to each their own. As for myself, I see nothing "weird" about considering as serious literature stories which feature superheroes and masked crimefighters (Watchmen, Sandman, The Spirit) regardless of whether or nor they appear in the form of a graphic novel or a "real" book.

John,is the cub/gopher type creature with the red bow on the right hand in pic 10 a nightlight? It looks nearly identical to one I had nearly 40 yrs ago(I'm 42).Happy memories.BTW,I came to your blog after really enjoying your commentaries on the LT Golden Collection DVDs.Yours are easily the most enjoyable.(With apologies to Michael Barrier,his are the least informative and most boring.)I've been saying for years that McKimson's chr designs are all kinda rodentine-looking,with the big jaws and the tiny skulls.There are toons I swear where Bugs looks exactly like the Goophy Gophers.As an animator,thanks for a highly informative and fun blog that spruiks for quality in animation.